Category: TLDs/New gTLDs

The news came on 30 April through a press release from the ICANN Board announcing that it had taken the decision to reject the sale of Public Interest Registry (PIR), the .ORG registry, to the private equity firm Ethos Capital.
For reminder, at the end of 2019, the announcement of the sale of the .ORG registry to Ethos Capital created a real debate and caused several concerns from NGOs, such as the increase of .ORG prices and the implementation of rights protection policies that could lead to a ... Read More

Comparative analysis of the famous Top Level Domains (.com, .fr…)
The crux of the war for high-visibility websites is the download time. As a natural referencing factor admitted by Google, this download time can be significantly impacted during DNS resolution. If it is necessary to rely on a first-class DNS infrastructure, the choice of the extension associated with a domain name is important. Indeed, not all registries perform equally well in terms of DNS, not to say that some have disapp... Read More

As a registrar, Nameshield has an accurate view of the typology of abandoned domain names and domain names kept by their holders when they clean up their portfolio.
As in all sectors of activity, phenomena that could be said to be “trendy” can even be seen in cybersquatting and therefore in domain names that are abandoned or maintained.
Let’s take the example of typosquatting, there was a time when it was essential to register domain names that included your trademark with as m... Read More

A few months ago, in previous articles, we mentioned the sale by Internet Society of Public Interest Registry (PIR), the .ORG registry, to Ethos Capital, a private equity firm.
The .ORG is the reference extension for non-profit organizations and the .ORG registry represents more than 10.5 million domains. For reminder, the announcement of the sale of the registry caused several concerns in the NGO community.
In front of these many complaints, ICANN had already postponed the approval of the .ORG ... Read More

Since last Thursday, the South African government has imposed to all websites using domain names in .ZA to propose a link that redirects towards the official Covid-19 information website implemented by the government: www.sacoronavirus.co.za
This new rule applies to all .ZA websites, regardless of their content.
The two other extensions managed by ZADNA registry, JOBURG and .CAPETOWN are also affected by this rule.
In the same logic, the registry also invites Internet services providers to bloc... Read More

The .TW registry (TWNIC) offers grandfathering registrations for holders of existing ASCII.TW domains that wish to register the same ASCII domain under .台灣 (.xn--kpry57d).
Before the official opening, TWNIC provides
priority registration for registrants who meet the eligibility requirements.
For example, twnic.tw can be registered for
twnic.台灣 in the
grandfathering period.
The following eligibility criteria apply and
are checked by the registry:
The creation date for ACSII.tw should be earlier ... Read More

Following BREXIT, Eurid (.EU registry) had
recently updated its Domain names Registration Policy, by modifying the
conditions of attribution of a .EU domain name for the British and Gibraltarians,
according to the plan below:
* From 1st November 2019, EURid will NOT allow
the registration of any new domain name where the registrant’s residence or
establishment country code is either GB or GI, unless the citizenship country
code of the registrant corresponds to an EU27 Member State.
* On 24 Octob... Read More

On June 1970, one year after the Stonewall
Riots, which marked the birth of the LGBTQ rights movements, the first Gay
Pride parades took place in many US cities to claim liberty, equality and
denounce prejudice, persecution, bigotry and hate.
Fifty years later, with the launch of the new extension .GAY by the registry TOP LEVEL DESIGN, a new digital space is created for the LGBTQ community. This extension is thus intended for individuals, organizations, businesses supporting the LGBTQ community... Read More

The .CY registry announces the
registration of first level .cy domain names, i.e.domainname.cy
The owners of second level registered domain
names, can also apply for the same domain names with a first level extension .CY.
Please note that the 2019 Decree does not provide for commitment on any domain names and thus, all requests will be examined on First Come First Served basis.
To submit a request, don’t hesitate to contact our customer support.
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